Sue Field reveals the astute savant she is through this well researched examination of theatrical drawings. She has captured the zephyr that emerges when a designer’s marks on paper transmit to the viewer the soul of a theatrical work. Line by line and blotch by blotch, Field interprets a lineage of theatre drawings to generate a visual awakening in the viewer. Exploring the semiotics of imagery and layered revelation in the picture plane, Field’s own drawings vibrate with compositional and graphic tension, where the viewer is asked to link metaphor, memory and meaning.

‘Thinking through drawing’ has become a ubiquitous trope across the arts, sciences and humanities. The rich vein of thinking, making and visualising through drawing that is being developed across these diverse fields, affords an opportunity for sustained intellectual dialogues to emerge within, between or without traditional disciplinary boundaries. Drawing In provides a space for these new perspectives and critical approaches in the field of drawing to be brought together and explored. There are no limits to the disciplinary focus, geographical range or historical period appropriate to the series. While it is anticipated that proposals will emerge from art and design history and theory, fine art, design, drawing pedagogy and technology, Drawing In encourages proposals from other disciplines (e.g. geography, science, engineering, medicine) and/or that seek to cross conventional limits or extend their paradigms. The core theme of the series is its critical interrogation through drawing: Drawing In titles will contribute new perspectives on how drawing facilitates and manifests the production, acquisition and understanding of knowledge. The Drawing In series encompasses scholarly monographs and edited anthologies. In addition, the series encourages the publication of books that are practice-led, driven by creative textual strategies and/or move beyond the page. The books published within Drawing In will address the relationship between theoretical debate and its integral materiality. Proposals for the series should delineate their topic with specific reference to how they will argue through drawing in both form and content.